Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Full reference: O. Haas. 1960. Lower Cretaceous ammonites from Colombia, South America. American Museum Novitates 2005:1-62
Belongs to Olcostephanus according to O. Haas 1960
Sister taxa: Olcostephanus (Jeannoticeras), Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus), Olcostephanus (Viluceras), Olcostephanus astierianus, Olcostephanus atherstoni, Olcostephanus detonii, Olcostephanus paucicostatus, Olcostephanus pecki, Olcostephanus popenoei, Olcostephanus sanlazarensis, Taraisites bosei, Subastieria balkanica, Subastieria sulcosus, Subastieria sulcosae, Subastieria inordinata, Maderia casitensis, Maderia marcoensis, Maderia coahuilensis, Maderia marcosensis, Holcostephanus (Astieria) josephinus, Astieria zacatecana, Astieria neohispanica, Astieria bangei, Astieria raricostata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cáqueza, Cundinamarca, which is in a Valanginian marine horizon in Colombia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cáqueza, Cundinamarca
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